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autoblock

noun, verb — 4 senses

autoblock

noun

Etymology From auto- + block.

1

Climbing, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Usually A technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Usually (An) automatic blocking (inhibition of a feature etc.).

  • From the online vendor documentation, we determined that this version of the WatchGuard Firebox enabled an autoblock feature by default.2004, TechRepublic, IT security survival guide:

autoblock

verb

Etymology From auto- + block.

1

Climbing, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To use the autoblock technique.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To automatically block.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.